The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
The good news is that my daughter’s teachers are at last beginning to use computers. The bad news is they are using them to make PowerPoint presentations.
Look at what preK-6 Mexican teachers did in my recent PBL 360 workshop in Guadalajara. This was their first experience with engineering, physical computing, and …
I recently published my 2017 summer reading suggestions for educators, but here is an equally radical list from 2002! See my 2006 recommendations too. School’s …
I once heard former President Clinton say, “every problem in education has been solved somewhere.” Educators stand on the shoulders of giants and should be fluent …
Back in the late Eighties, there was a Logo Conference held in Los Angeles. After a wild night reminiscent of Martin Scorsese’s 1985 film, “After …
Do your teachers need a computing IEP? Gary Stager, Ph.D. District Administration, Jun 2005 6/1/2005 At the recent Consortium for School Networking conference educational computing …
Blocked Web sites, IT staff that exist to hinder staff, and restrictive policies make integrating technology too hard to overcome By Gary S. Stager, Ph.D. …
When it comes to technology, teachers are too often treated as imbeciles or felons! In 1990, I was hired to teach public school 4th grade. …
“Young people have a remarkable capacity for intensity….” Those words, uttered by one of America’s leading public intellectuals, Dr. Leon Botstein, President of Bard College, …
I’ve been thinking a lot about my friend, colleague, and mentor Dr. Seymour Papert a lot lately. Our new book, “Invent to Learn: Making, Tinkering, …